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Wood banks emerge as vital source of heat while US gas bills still on the rise

Wood banks distribute firewood to people in need as the average US gas bill goes up by 28% this winter

The Guardian - US

Maine newspaper apologizes for running a redacted version of 'I Have a Dream' speech

Critics of the Bangor Daily News said the redacted version promotes a whitewashed and sanitized version of Martin Luther King Jr. that does not convey his radical views and work as an activist.

WEKU

A single winning $1.35bn Mega Millions ticket has been sold

In the first ever Mega Millions jackpot in the state, a Maine resident claims the second-highest prize won by a single ticket holder

The Independent UK

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What are the 10 largest US lottery jackpots ever won?

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot when a ticket purchased in the state matched Friday’s winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize

The Independent UK

Lucky US lottery player becomes a billionaire overnight after massive jackpot win

The single ticketholder from the state of Maine - who has not yet been identified - picked up a life-changing £1.1billion in the US Mega Millions draw after three months of rollovers

Daily Mirror

A winning ticket for the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Maine

The winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot.

WEKU

2022 had second-highest midterm voter turnout in two decades

Welcome to the Friday, January 13, Brew.

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Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable

Maine lobster fishermen received a Christmas gift from Congress at the end of 2022: A six-year delay on new federal regulations designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The Conversation

Senator: Ending US aid to Ukraine would be historic mistake

Maine’s independent senator says the U.S. risks enabling the spread of extremism in Europe if it stopped providing support to Ukraine in its war with Russia

The Independent UK

Reliving The Great Ice Storm Of 1998

The 1998 storm that caused destruction and devastation across Canada and the Northeastern United States during El Nino.

Zenger

Suspect in Times Square New Year’s Eve attack on NYPD officers just another kid in Maine until his embrace of radical Islam

In his sleepy Maine hometown, teen-aged Trevor Bickford was just one of the guys.

Tribune News Service

Spending law presents challenges for environmental regulators

WASHINGTON — The new year brings challenges to Biden administration regulators: how to handle environmentally unfriendly riders inserted by lawmakers into the fiscal 2023 spending bill.

Tribune News Service

160 ballot initiatives have been filed for the 2023 election cycle as of Jan. 1

As of Jan. 1, proponents have filed 160 ballot initiatives in four states for elections in 2023. Washington leads with 151 ballot initiatives. The three other states include Colorado (one initiative), Maine (six initiatives), and Ohio (two initiatives).

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

By the end of the week, 18 state legislatures will have begun their regular sessions: sessions in California and Maine began in December with 16 more starting this week. Another 27 legislatures go into session later in January, and two more in February. All 50 states will hold regular sessions…

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Reason

Government Snoops in Maine Caught Spying on Peaceful Americans

Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.

Roll Call

Spending law presents challenges for environmental regulators - Roll Call

The new year brings challenges to the Biden administration: how to handle environmentally unfriendly riders in the fiscal 2023 spending bill.

Manchester Evening News

'Disruptive passengers' who wouldn't stop drinking hauled off TUI flight from Cancun which was forced to divert

Two men have been arrested and charged in Maine, USA after the disruption erupted on board

Ballotpedia

Maine campaign submits signatures for initiative that would require voter approval for state entities and electric cooperatives borrowing $1 billion or more

On Dec. 27, 2022, a campaign in Maine submitted signatures for an initiative that would require voter approval for borrowing $1 billion or more by state entities or electric cooperatives.

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The Independent UK

Times Square knife attack suspect wanted to kill uniformed officers and ‘carry out jihad,’ prosecutors say

19-year-old suspect allegedly yelled ‘Allahu akbar’ before charging at NYPD officers several blocks from New Year’s Eve celebrations

WEKU

Maine lobster industry wins reprieve but environmentalists say whales will die

The $1.7 trillion spending bill just signed into law contains a 6-year delay on new federal fishing regulations that would have kept lobster fishermen off the water in some areas for months at a time.

Tribune News Service

Times Square machete suspect’s Maine neighbors never suspected ‘polite’ young man would attempt ‘jihad’

NEW YORK — The self-proclaimed jihadist accused in a New Year’s Eve machete attack on two NYPD officers spent his summer wielding a weed whacker.

Tribune News Service

Man who police say attacked 3 NYPD officers with machete near Times Square had recently converted to jihadism, sources say

NEW YORK — A young Maine man who recently became fixated with radical Islamic jihadism wounded two NYPD cops with a massive curved knife just outside the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, fracturing a rookie officer’s skull before being shot by police, law enforcement sources said Sunday.

Daily Mirror

Two New York cops stabbed by crazed knifeman during celebrations in Times Square

The New York Police Department (NYPD) said they have a suspect in jail - 19-year-old Maine resident Trevor Bickford - after he slashed a machete at a group of officers standing guard outside the perimeter of Times Square

The Independent UK

Benefits of federal law to remain out of Maine tribes' reach

Congress has halted a bill that would have allowed Native American tribes in Maine to get the same benefits of future federal laws that tribes across the rest of the U.S. do

Tribune News Service

4 Maine Maritime Academy students killed in fiery crash, police say. ‘Devastated’

Four Maine Maritime Academy students were killed and three others were injured in a fiery crash, officials said.

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